Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 21:33:52 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: chad@anasazi.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.1.8 Release Message-ID: <12121.862893232@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 May 1997 18:00:00 PDT." <9705060100.AA18202@chad.anasazi.com>
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> I also must admit I have found no use for the "live filesystem" CD-ROM > in my subscription. I freely admit that might be different if I didn't Actually, the live filesystem CDROM is finding more use as: A boot filesystem (yep, believe it or not, you can even sort of do this now with DEVFS) for truly interesting stand-alone configurations. A repair tool. With sysinstall's fixit option, you can now mount the CD as your toolset and basically repair just about anything on a FreeBSD system. You've got *all* the tools available, just as if you had a rescue root+usr filesystem available on a shoebox drive or something. Don't knock it 'till you've needed it at 3am. :-) > That being said, here's what I'd prefer for my CD-ROM buying dollar. > Yes, please, make a 2.1.8 release. I'm assuming it would be essentally That said, I still suppose I could make 2.1.8 a single CD set. If you want to rescue yourself, you can still use your 2nd CD from 2.1.7. Jordan
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